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I bet everyone of you know this song by Frank Sinatra! I love it, as much as I love Chicago. Well, I haven’t been there yet, but hopefully one day I will visit “that toddling town”. Until then, I will learn as much as I can about it! ;)
Do you remember my post about “Lake Point Tower“? It is one of my favorite skyscrapers in Chicago! (Photographs by Julie Rubes, emi.rose and Lake Point Tower) Here are some facts about it:

Lake Point Tower is the only tall building in Chicago east of Lake Shore Drive!

Every window of every residential unit in the building has a view of Lake Michigan!

The building’s curves were calculated so residents cannot see into each other’s windows!

The complex consists of two high rise corncob-shaped 65-story towers. Nobody seems to know the real name of the towers, everybody knows them as the ‘corn cobs’.

The complex was built as a city within a city, featuring numerous on-site facilities including a theatre, gym, swimming pool, ice rink, bowling alley, several stores and restaurants, and of course, a marina.

Marina City was the first urban post-war high-rise residential complex in the United States and is widely credited with beginning the residential renaissance of American inner cities. Its model of mixed residential and office uses and high-rise towers with a base of parking has become a primary model for urban development in the United States and throughout the world, and has been widely copied throughout many cities internationally.

The bottom 19 floors form an exposed spiral parking ramp operated by valet with 896 parking spaces per building.

The Hancock elevators are billed as the fastest in America, climbing 95 stories in 40 seconds.

47 floors of the Hancock Center are residential. It is like a city unto itself, and people do not have to leave the building. The people who live there have their own post office, supermarket, day care center, shops, full-sized swimming pool, library, gym, and other amenities.

The residential portion of the building is its own election district. People who live here can vote without going below the 44th floor.

Though not visible from the outside, many of the residences in this building have screened-in balconies known as “sky terraces.”

In 2010, this building was named #1 on Chicago Magazine’s list of the Top 40 Buildings in Chicago.

On a clear day it is possible to see Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

It is a beautiful modern residence in the Hollywood Hills, designed by XTEN Architecture in 2007and named ‘Open House’. The name is based on the ventilation system where every elevation of the house is open to capture the prevailing breezes to passively ventilate and cool the house. via trendland

Location : New York City,NY,USA
Address : Park Row & City Hall Park
Opening day : October 28, 1904
Architect : Heins & LaFargeArchitectural style : Romanesque RevivalCity Hall was the original southern terminal station of the first line of the New York City Subway.This station underneath the public area in front of City Hall was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway.

In 1897, the Boston Subway became the first subway in the Unites States when a segment of Green Line tunnel opened from Park Street Station to Boylston Street. By 1912, the current Green, Orange, Blue, and Red lines were all in service downtown.I really like the Red line metro stations. ;)

Opening date: 27.03.1976
Five lines, 86 stations, and 171.1 km of track.The second busiest rapid transit system in the USA in number of passenger trips, after the NYC Subway.Most Metro stations were designed by Chicago architect Harry Weese, and are examples of late-20th century modern architecture. With their heavy use of exposed concrete and repetitive design motifs, Metro stations also display aspects of brutalist design. In 2007, the design of the Metro’s vaulted-ceiling stations was voted number 106 on the American Institute of Architects‘ list of “America’s Favorite Architecture” ( I vote with ” Love the design ” ;) ). More recently built stations feature different architecture.

The rapper 50 Cent bought this house from Mike Tyson’s ex-wife for just $4.1 million but reportedly spent $6 million renovating it. He has been trying to sell the home since 2007 when he wanted $18.5 million for the property.

Location: Jupiter Island,Florida /USA
Cost: $20 million
Celine Dion’s home has miniature water park that includes two pools, two water slides and a small river , which makes the total water amount needed for the system to work equal to 500,000 gallons. The residence houses eight bedrooms, an underground garage, a large wardrobe and a gym.